Politics – Prime Pointers

UN, EU, others decry electoral Gender-based violence against women

May 16, 2023May 16, 2023 admin

As the obnoxious dust raised during the last election has refused to settle, the United Nations and the European Union (EU), on Monday, condemned gender-based violence against women during elections.Ms Beatrice Eyong, the UN Women Country Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS, said violence against women in elections had been recognised as one of the key obstacles to advancing women’s participation in public life.“Violent acts committed towards women are gender-based and they tend to discourage women from being politically active.“It is often used to intimidate women from practising their political rights…

Eha-Amufu Massacre: Vote Out PDP, NUF Tells Enugu Voters

February 7, 2023February 7, 2023 admin

Alphonsus Nweze An Igbo socio-political group, the Ndigbo Unity Forum (NUF), has asked the people of Enugu State to vote out the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the State in the March 11, 2023 Governorship Election. The group which spoke through its leader, Dede Uzor A. Uzor, after their executive meeting in Enugu weekend, expressed surprise that up till this moment no single person has been arrested, detained or being prosecuted for the massacre of Eha-Amufu people in Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of the State. The forum had issued a…

Hand Over To People’s Choice, Cleric Tells Buhari

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 admin

A cleric, Evangelist (Dr.) Chris Ikechukwu, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to hand over the reins of power in 2023 to a popularly elected presidential candidate. Dr. Ikechukwu who is the General Overseer of God’s Grace Evangelistic Ministry in a statement made available to newsmen during the weekend in Onitsha, Anambra State, warned that bad eggs among Nigerian political class should not be allowed to hijack the 2023 presidential election. “All those corrupt politicians should be flushed out so that our country can be like other civilised countries of…

2023 governorship poll: Court affirms Kantigi as Niger PDP candidate

November 17, 2022November 17, 2022 admin

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, affirmed Mr Liman Kantigi as the validly elected governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 elections in Niger.Justice Zainab Abubarkar, in a judgement, dismissed the suit brought by the plaintiff, Mr Idris Mohammed Sani, for lacking in merit.Sani had sued the PDP, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Kantigi as 1st, 2nd and 3rd defendants respectively.In the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/804/2022, the plaintiff had challenged that the PDP (1st defendant) ought not to have cleared Kantigi (3rd defendant) to…

Why women must vote in 2023 general elections–Group

November 17, 2022November 17, 2022 admin

The Nigerian Women Trust Fund (NWTF) has called on the eligible women in the country to come out and cast their votes in the 2023 general elections.The Chief Executive Officer of NWTF, Mrs Mufuliat Fijabi, made the call on Thursday during the Voter Education Sensitisation Market Outreach organised in conjunction with the European Union (EU) in Abuja.The campaign is targeted at increased sensitisation on the active participation of women in all governance processes and, in particular, their roles in the 2023 general elections.According to Fijabi, it cannot be denied that…

Crisis brew in Onitsha market as traders vow to resist Caretaker Chairman

September 24, 2022September 24, 2022 admin

Alphonsus Nweze Crisis is brewing in Ose-Okwodu Market in Onitsha, Anambra State as traders have vowed to resist the plan by the new Caretaker Committee Chairman of the Market, Mr. Ikechukwu Umeanozie to impose another caretaker chairmen on the zones and lines. Arising from a meeting, the leadership and traders of the Zones One and Four of the market vowed to resist any attempt by the Caretaker Committee Chairman to impose caretaker on the zones. The traders who spoke through the removed elected chairman, Hon. Anthony Onwuetiaka, said they would…

Ezenwankwo empowers constituents

January 18, 2022January 18, 2022 admin

1000 persons get grantsDistributes 1,500 bags of rice, six shuttle buses, 30 tricycle, 80 bikes, others to constituents Alphonsus Nweze Chief Okwudili Ezenwankwo, member representing Orumba Noth and South in the House of Representatives, has put smiles on the faces of his constituents with cash grants, gifts of rice, shuttle buses, tricycles and other items. Ezenwankwo said the event was a double : the Annual Ezenwankwo Foundation and Constituency Empowerment.The legislator said he has been in the House for only two and half years but has out performed those who…

Diaspora network urges youths to engage in grassroots politics for better Nigeria

October 16, 2021October 16, 2021 admin

The Nigeria Diaspora Network (NDN) has urged youths to participate in active and meaningful grassroots politics. The Coordinator UK Chapter of the NDN, Offor Okpanachi, stated this on Wednesday in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. “We youths need to get our acts together. Like I mentioned, participating in politics early in life is an enhancer. “The youth should take advantage of the upcoming 2023 elections to get involved; starting from the ward elections, local government elections and in that order, up to the…

Sorrow, tears, blood in the southeast, IPOB dissociate self

October 1, 2021October 1, 2021 admin

In a press statement issued by the proscribed IPOB through Comrade Emma Powerful, the Media and Publicity Secretary of the group on September 30, 2021.The group dissociates itself from the mayhem in the southeast and particularly stated that they have not issued any official pronouncement on the forthcoming Anambra election.“We have no hands in the politically motivated killings in southeast,” IPOB declared.The press release here state in full, the true position of the group regarding the unwholesome events and carnage that has recently engulfed the southeast.“We the great family of…